Have Texts Replaced Conversations?

I really love technology.  I am truly grateful for the inventors who brought us technology that make tasks in our lives faster to do and more convenient.  Some of the things the cell phone can do really amaze me.  Now a days I find myself doing more texting than talking.  It really comes in handy if you want to convey a short message and don’t want to hold a conversation.  But the last time I texted someone I got to thinking.  We used to laugh and talk just about everyday.  But now have texts replaced conversations?

True text has made it convenient to say something quick.  In the old days when you had to call someone to briefly convey a message, you’d say “I’m not going to hold you”. But then one of you would say something and the call went on a little longer before you know it y’all would be talking for hours.  Texts cut down the possibility of that.  Also with texts you can’t feel emotion.   Emojis and word abbreviations don’t get into your soul.  Whereas a voice can let you know if somebody is feeling fine or happy or sad. It lets you share their happiness, or sadness, or love as you can feel it in their voice.  I love the technology of texts, but they can never replace a good old fashioned conversation filled with emotion.  As sharing emotions makes us stronger humans like iron sharpening iron.

Scripture reference:

Proverbs 27:17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.